Opera Closes China Loophole; Reinstates Censorship

ObsessiveMathsFreak writes "Coming hot on the heels of Microsoft's censoring of Chinese search results, browser-maker Opera has become the latest company to joyfully contribute to prosperous growth of the Great Firewall of China. For speed and convenience, the mobile phone-based 'Opera Mini' browser receives formatted web pages via Opera's own line of proxy servers. These unfiltered proxies gave Opera's Chinese users rare unfettered access to the wider web. However, this loophole has now been closed, with Chinese users now being directed to 'upgrade' to 'Opera Mini China,' which closes this loophole, returning them to the bosom of party censorship, and Opera to the favor of the Chinese Government. Truly; 'To Get Rich Is Glorious.'"

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[Anonymous Coward]

Please Upgrade to Slashdot China.

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[mcgrew]

Please Upgrade to Slashdot China.

No DON'T -- I did, and unfortunately it shattered when I dropped it. I'm sticking to the plastic slashdot from now on.

Re:What word do yo think they were aiming for?

[honestmonkey]

Of course that was censored, because originally it was "tits".

Re:Boycott Opera!#!!

[JStegmaier]

at least those that pay taxes

So what you're saying is Microsoft isn't the bad guy for once?

I can't STAND Chinese Opera!

[Philip K Dickhead]

All that "ting-ting-ting" and fan-waving. No girls, either.